Armenia takes hard line against media reporting on COVID-19 Journalism organizations in the country complain that the police are going too far in their efforts to censor non-official news about the outbreak. Ani Mejlumyan Mar 23, 2020
Dashboard: Coronavirus in Eurasia - March 16-22 Reports from March 16-22 on how the pandemic has upended life in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Mar 22, 2020
Georgia gets rare plaudits for coronavirus response As countries around the world struggle to manage the pandemic, Georgia has become an unlikely success story. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 20, 2020
Azerbaijan's president suggests coronavirus may require a crackdown on opposition In his Nowruz address, Aliyev said that his political opponents were a “fifth column" trying to use the outbreak to “destroy Azerbaijan.” Joshua Kucera Mar 19, 2020
Armenia to build instant hospital ward for COVID-19 Within “3-4 days” the country’s main infectious disease hospital should have a new 40-bed ward, the minister of health reported. Ani Mejlumyan Mar 18, 2020
Caucasus unrecognized states remain coronavirus-free The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them. Joshua Kucera Mar 17, 2020
Armenia institutes COVID-19 state of emergency Public gatherings of more than 20 have been banned and media coverage heavily restricted. Ani Mejlumyan Mar 16, 2020
Georgia unveils COVID-19 economic stimulus The plan targets the tourism sector but leaves others wondering what they will do as coronavirus ravages the global economy. Mar 15, 2020
Caucasus shuts doors after coronavirus hits All three countries have now seen cases of the disease, most of which have come from Iran. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 2, 2020
Georgians advised to stop kissing amid coronavirus scare The advice came as Georgia reported two cases of the virus, and neighboring Azerbaijan, one. Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 28, 2020
Following coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Armenia closes border and Azerbaijan keeps it open Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all. Joshua Kucera, Ani Mejlumyan Feb 24, 2020